I’m slightly behind on Daily Post topics, so I’m going to do two today, and will probably do two tomorrow as well.

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Topic #16: Describe the wackiest but most useful advice you’ve ever received.

I can’t really think of any advice that falls under the category of both wacky and useful. I frequently get advice that is wacky, such as suggestions to do ridiculous and illogical things. This wacky advice is never useful, because it’s obvious that following said advice will bring negative results. I also frequently get advice that is useful, but usually it is very clear that this advice will be useful. For example, a useful piece of advice I receive frequently is to try my best in everything I do. It’s obvious that this is useful advice, but it’s definitely not wacky.

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Topic #17: Do you believe everything happens for a reason? Why or why not?

I assume that most people that answer this blog post prompt are going to do it based off their faiths and religions. Some people think that a single all-powerful god controls everything and that everything that happens is a result of his doing. I’m going to apply a similar approach to my response, but I’m going to use my theory of the Fourth Dimension as religion. If you are unfamiliar with my view of the Fourth Dimension as religion, this may or may not have any significance to you.

The concept of something happening for a reason can be taken two different ways. The first I’m going to analyze is if it is done for a reason that represents a purpose for the action. In this case, it’s possible that the Creator made a particular item designed to do a particular task and placed it into existence, but the Creator may or may not have had any particular plans for this object. For example, the Creator could have created an object to spin around in circles, but it doesn’t accomplish anything productive by doing so. In this sense, no, not everything happens for a reason.

The other way a particular item happening for a reason can be interpreted is if it happens outside the Creator’s control. My answer here is also the same, that no, not everything happens because of the Creator’s command. Using the Mario Bros. analogy that I use whenever I talk about the Fourth Dimension, it’s possible that the programmer of the Mario game implemented something into the game, but as a side effect, something else happened. That particular event didn’t happen with consent of the programmer, so it didn’t happen as a result of a reason intended by the Creator. The same applies to real life, as the Creator could have intended to do one thing in the third dimension but did multiple things at once without realizing it.

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 6 (+2 today)

Number of times I did my own laundry: 0